Note: The figures cover full-time members of the instructional staff except those in medical schools. The salaries are adjusted to a standard nine-month work year.

Source: American Association of University Professors

Average Salaries of Full-Time Faculty Members, 2010-11

All institutions

Public

Private, independent

Religious

Salary

1-year change

Salary

1-year change

Salary

1-year change

Salary

1-year change

Doctoral institutions

Professor

$127,296

1.8%

$118,054

1.3%

$157,282

2.4%

$131,374

1.9%

Associate professor

$84,686

1.4%

$81,266

1.0%

$99,404

2.8%

$89,329

1.8%

Assistant professor

$72,893

2.1%

$69,777

1.6%

$86,189

3.0%

$75,488

2.6%

Instructor

$48,812

1.4%

$46,300

0.9%

$59,419

3.8%

$62,954

3.3%

Lecturer

$55,520

--

$53,154

--

$63,960

--

$55,913

--

No rank

$65,148

--

$56,767

--

$73,336

--

$70,651

--

All

$92,468

1.7%

$86,653

1.2%

$114,661

2.5%

$95,432

2.2%

Master's institutions

Professor

$91,998

0.9%

$89,808

0.5%

$101,290

1.8%

$91,225

1.7%

Associate professor

$72,469

1.1%

$71,516

0.8%

$76,311

1.5%

$71,400

2.0%

Assistant professor

$61,056

1.3%

$60,612

1.2%

$63,574

1.6%

$59,692

1.6%

Instructor

$45,336

0.4%

$43,772

-0.2%

$51,195

1.2%

$49,025

2.8%

Lecturer

$50,195

--

$49,309

--

$56,151

--

$52,468

--

No rank

$56,470

--

$54,756

--

$63,549

--

$57,012

--

All

$71,121

1.0%

$69,620

0.8%

$77,223

1.6%

$70,793

1.7%

Baccalaureate institutions

Professor

$87,835

1.1%

$84,398

0.2%

$99,976

1.4%

$74,970

1.1%

Associate professor

$68,042

1.3%

$68,996

1.1%

$73,804

1.5%

$61,304

1.2%

Assistant professor

$56,425

1.3%

$57,544

0.8%

$60,234

1.5%

$51,875

1.4%

Instructor

$46,475

1.1%

$47,282

1.0%

$48,636

0.4%

$44,090

1.8%

Lecturer

$52,118

--

$51,014

--

$58,146

--

$42,095

--

No rank

$58,818

--

$48,755

--

$63,893

--

$49,213

--

All

$68,047

1.3%

$65,199

0.6%

$76,487

1.5%

$60,759

1.3%

Two-year institutions with academic ranks

Professor

$73,869

0.1%

$74,092

0.1%

$57,200

--

--

--

Associate professor

$61,391

0.5%

$61,469

0.4%

$57,744

--

--

--

Assistant professor

$54,094

0.2%

$54,307

0.3%

$44,351

--

--

--

Instructor

$46,905

-0.7%

$47,072

-0.7%

$35,400

--

--

--

Lecturer

$52,931

--

$52,943

--

$43,187

--

--

--

No rank

$40,687

--

$40,501

--

$27,255

--

--

--

All

$60,353

0.1%

$60,532

0.1%

$50,142

--

--

--

Two-year institutions without academic ranks

All

$57,517

0.3%

$57,603

0.3%

--

--

--

--

All institutions with academic ranks

Professor

$110,488

1.4%

$105,780

1.0%

$131,589

2.2%

$95,163

1.7%

Associate professor

$77,365

1.2%

$76,242

0.8%

$84,648

2.2%

$71,969

1.6%

Assistant professor

$65,257

1.5%

$64,711

1.3%

$71,014

2.1%

$59,183

1.8%

Instructor

$47,143

0.9%

$45,701

0.3%

$53,585

2.4%

$49,683

2.5%

Lecturer

$53,556

--

$51,747

--

$61,890

--

$52,073

--

No rank

$61,574

--

$54,886

--

$70,423

--

$64,428

--

All

$81,009

1.4%

$78,294

0.9%

$94,619

2.1%

$72,776

1.8%

Note: Dollar figures are based on data from 1,319 institutions; percentage changes are based on data from 1,191 institutions that reported comparable data for both years. As a result, the percentage changes refer to a different set of dollar figures than those shown. Percentages are not adjusted for inflation. Dollar figures do not reflect all pay reductions caused by unpaid furloughs attributed to the recession. The figures cover full-time members of the instructional staff, except those in medical schools. The salaries are adjusted to a standard nine-month work year. A dash indicates that no data were reported.

Source: American Association of University Professors

Presidential Pay Rose Faster Than Full-Time-Faculty Salaries

Presidential Salary

Full-time-faculty salary

Average increase

Average 2007-8

Average 2010-11

Average increase

Average 2007-8

Average 2010-11

Public institutions

Doctoral

12.3%

$353,207

$388,995

5.6%

$75,938

$80,156

Master's

12.7%

$229,026

$256,477

5.7%

$62,050

$65,685

Baccalaureate

9.5%

$189,482

$207,787

6.5%

$55,719

$59,222

Two-year

10.5%

$172,696

$190,306

4.5%

$55,151

$57,530

All Institutions

11.5%

$234,150

$259,238

5.4%

$62,183

$65,551

Private institutions

Doctoral

20.7%

$457,934

$582,661

7.2%

$85,924

$91,783

Master's

21.9%

$255,158

$308,960

6.6%

$63,694

$67,902

Baccalaureate

10.3%

$232,820

$255,893

4.9%

$59,336

$62,240

Two-year

--

--

--

--

--

--

All Institutions

14.4%

$249,442

$286,897

5.7%

$61,804

$65,310

Note: The table includes only those institutions providing all data in both years. Presidential salary includes base plus supplemental cash payments. Faculty salary includes all ranks. Private category includes both independent and religiously affiliated institutions. There were too few private associate institutions to generate valid separate statistics, but those institutions are included in the totals. The average increase is the mean of all increases in the category and is not based on the the average-salary figures here.

Source: American Association of University Professors

How Much More (or Less) Full Professors Earned, by Discipline, Than the Average Full Professor of English Language and Literature, 1980-81 to 2009-10

Discipline

1980-81

1985-86

1991-92

1996-97

2001-2

2005-6

2009-10

Fine arts: visual and performing

-8.8%

-9.6%

-7.9%

-9.7%

-11.1%

-12.2%

-12.4%

Education

-4.0%

-8.0%

-1.2%

-0.8%

-2.5%

-3.8%

-4.3%

Foreign language and literature

0.9%

-1.8%

-1.5%

0.5%

-3.9%

-4.5%

-4.1%

Communications

-3.3%

-6.7%

2.6%

1.9%

-2.9%

-3.3%

-3.2%

Philosophy

2.3%

-4.8%

2.0%

1.1%

-2.9%

0.0%

2.1%

Library science

-1.5%

-0.6%

9.9%

6.6%

3.5%

-2.1%

3.6%

Mathematics

7.6%

4.4%

11.0%

11.5%

6.8%

6.8%

7.2%

Psychology

5.0%

1.6%

9.5%

9.7%

8.3%

9.0%

8.9%

Physical sciences

7.7%

8.0%

14.9%

14.5%

12.8%

12.1%

12.9%

All-discipline average (including medical)

4.8%

5.1%

13.3%

13.9%

12.2%

12.0%

13.4%

Social sciences

4.8%

3.2%

9.0%

8.7%

9.2%

14.1%

16.8%

Health professions and related sciences

20.3%

19.8%

34.3%

36.4%

31.3%

18.1%

18.9%

Engineering

8.1%

14.3%

29.0%

27.8%

24.0%

24.3%

25.2%

Computer and information sciences

13.4%

17.6%

32.2%

28.1%

28.7%

27.5%

28.4%

Economics

13.9%

11.3%

28.4%

25.7%

26.4%

32.4%

41.2%

Business administration and management

11.4%

15.2%

33.8%

38.7%

40.8%

46.5%

50.9%

Law and legal studies

33.2%

41.0%

54.2%

58.4%

53.5%

54.0%

59.5%

Source: "Faculty Salary Survey by Discipline," Office of Institutional Research and Information Management, Oklahoma State University